Improvement in paper-reels for telegraphs



No. 41,312. PATENTED JAN. 19, 1864.

* H. MoGANN.

PAPER REEL FOR TELEGRAPH.

Inupntoz' V Witnesses.-

-UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MGGANN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-REELS FOR TELEGRAPHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,312, dated January19, 1864.

. Improvements in TelegraphPaper-Reel Machines; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and complete description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which--Figure l is a side view, and Fig. 2 is an end viewin the direction ofthelines .1.- .r in Fig.1.

Like letters refer to like parts.

r A platform, A, forms thefoundation upo which the machine rests. Ateach end of this is a standard, B. The table C is supported by thestandards B.

The reel is represented at D, and is constructed in the usual manner,with radial arnis upon each end, leaving a space between wide enough forthe ribbon of paper. lhis reel can be readily taken oil and put on itsaxle by repouring the pin d. The reel D is supported by the'standard E,which is secured to the platform A. Another reel, F, which receives thepaper from the reel D, is supported, in a manner similar to that beforedescribed, by the standards G, which standards also support the gearingwhich gives motion to the reel. The

reel F is caused to revolve by means of gearing J J and the weight H.which is attached. to the cord I. This cord passes over the pul-' icy Land fastens to the pulley or gear shaft H. A pawl and ratchet (shown atb) allow the weighted cord I to be wound up without turn ing the reel'.When the reel F is full, the paper being entirely wound oil from thereel 1), the reels can be changed, so that the full reel will be uponthe standard E. In this way the same piece of paper can be used a numberof times by a slight adjustment of the telegraphic instrument. The papera; passes from the full reel upon the standard E, through an opening inthe table 0, through the recording instrument, and down-through anotheropening to the reel F, in the direction of thearrow.

The telegraphic instrument is placed upon the table U in such positionthat the paper a passes through it in receiving the impressions ascommunications are being made. The tension on the paper by the weight asit passes onto the receiving-reel is not so great but that it can beeasily drawn back, in order. to read the message, as is sometimesrequired.

What 1 claim as my improvement, and (lesire to secure by Letters Patent,is

The herein-described arrangement of the inntually-exchangeable reels Dand 1*,inco1nbination with the gears J J, cord l, pulley L, and weightH, the several parts being constructed, arranged, and operating as andfor the purpose heroin set forth.

. HENRY llIOGANN. Witnesses:

' W. H. BURRIDGE,

J. HOLMES.

